Plate

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The plate is round and shallow. The plate has a wide rim. There are two thin brown lines around the rim and around the inner edge of the rim. A monogram in brown cursive script is in the center, consisting of the letters B and M intertwined. The plate is mostly white with some brown speckles. The background is gray, with a white surface on the bottom. A shadow is cast by the plate onto the surface.